Once upon a time… many, many years ago in a world long since forgotten, there was a country called Anywhere. And in the land of Anywhere there was once a wicked politician (is there any other sort?) who, unlike most of his kind, did NOT escape justice for his crimes...

"Dear The Politician,
Congratulations on your recent death and thank you for your interest in joining God and his Angelic Cohort in Heaven. Regretfully, I have to inform that on this occasion your application has not been successful. However, alternative accommodation has been found for you in Hell.
We very much hope you enjoy your stay.

Yours eternally,
The Heavenly Bureaucracy."

In this Tale from Anywhere, an evil politician is executed for war crimes and finds himself in Hell. This seemingly normal event causes chaos to break out in Heaven as a furious Devil demands a meeting with God. He wants The Politician out of his infernal domain because The Politician is not suffering the Torments of Hell but enjoying every blood-splattered moment of them!

God agrees to the meeting. But what on Earth (and Heaven) do you do with someone who is too wicked for Hell? Oh, and were God and the Devil really once friends and partners?

Welcome to Anywhere - a world very different from, yet painfully similar to, your own.

"Brilliant comic technique, and a glorious sense of moral outrage at the current mess in which our country seems mired, combine here to make a unique reading experience. Often laugh-out-loud funny, the real-life characters behind these innocuous fairy tales and fables hit you by surprise, a series of sharp rocks hidden in those snowballs. Amazingly, with all the faux-naievete and children's book elements gleefully displayed here, the writing never becomes twee or condescending."

- PRAISE FOR THE 'TALES FROM ANYWHERE' BOOKS FROM VINE VOICE

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